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06-18-2014 10:18 AM

namvet4

Consensus is the " hard plastic" pool or a stock tub. Thank you all for the good advice.

06-18-2014 10:17 AM

Shade

Delgado loves his pool, I rinse and fill it with fresh water and dump it after we're done. I don't like the thought of leaving it out there filled personally and by the time he's finished splashing and playing it's had treats, toys, grass, dirt and all sorts of things tracked through it.

06-18-2014 10:07 AM

Traveler's Mom

Quote:

Originally Posted by jocoyn

I have to dump my pool every couple of days anyway. Mosquitoes

I agree. Mosquitoes. If I wait more then 2 days to dump you can see the larvae swimming around.

If his tub gets too hot I just add in some fresh water. He's never complained.

06-18-2014 12:19 AM

Katerlena

The vinyl pools work great. Great pics of the pups in the pool. Venus is aptly named shes a looker did she go down the slide too lol

06-17-2014 11:33 PM

jocoyn

I have to dump my pool every couple of days anyway. Mosquitoes

06-17-2014 08:08 PM

middleofnowhere

freeze a milk jug (emptied) filled with water. put the jug in the pool. Should help for a bit.

BTW a 25 to 50 gallon stock tank should be about right for a GSD. These are small enough you can dump them.

06-17-2014 03:24 PM

McCoy

I took the advice of the forum and got the el cheapo pool from toys r us.....its perfect!

Its 90+ outside these days and that water is hot. Has anyone come up w/ any out of the box ideas to keep the water as cool as possible?

Its in the woods and shaded all day. Im wondering if i dig a hole for it will it stay cooler?

any ideas?

04-25-2014 07:53 PM

SunCzarina

Walmart sells a 5' round pool with a ladder slide and a drain plug, it should be less than $40. A cheap hose with the connector chopped off will fit right through the hole with very little leakage, instant fill and drain. Just make sure you don't chop off the end that connects it to the spout.

It's deep enough that Otto can get in there and splash around without throwing all the water around. We had another one before this, lasted about 6 years of my children using it and Morgan soaking in it. Venus likes it with or without water...

04-25-2014 07:15 PM

Melissa98409

Quote:

Originally Posted by Traveler's Mom

Traveler (90 lbs) loves his hard plastic one (Toys R us for less than $20). If the water is too deep-more than 4-5", he won't stay in it. I have it under the shade of a palm. I think he just likes having his belly cooled. He likes water but does not like to swim.

OMG! That picture made me laugh. Priceless!

04-25-2014 06:48 PM

llombardo

I have two of the extra large hard plastic pools and a sprinkler for them.

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